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By Tom KrisherAssociated Press • Friday May 23, 2014 1:47 AM

DETROIT — General Motors is telling Wall Street that a recent spate of recalls might last until
midsummer as the company continues to review unresolved safety issues.

The news comes a day after GM CEO Mary Barra told members of Congress that the company cannot
make ignition switches fast enough to keep up with demand in its recall of 2.6 million small
cars.

The ignition-switch problem has been linked to at least 13 deaths in crashes involving Chevrolet
Cobalts and Saturn Ions. Congress and the Justice Department are investigating why GM knew about
the switch problem for at least a decade but started recalling the cars only in February.

GM has undertaken a safety review that has resulted in 29 U.S. recalls this year covering a
total of 13.8 million vehicles, more than five times the number of cars and trucks the company sold
in the U.S. last year.

In a note to investors, Barclays analyst Brian Johnson wrote that he met with GM management on
Wednesday and was told by product-development chief Mark Reuss that GM continues to review safety
data for potential recalls and that recalls could persist into midsummer.

Johnson also wrote that it’s possible that vehicles already subject to a recall could be part of
future recalls.

Senior management will be more involved in safety, with Reuss leading a team of five people who
will decide on future recalls, Johnson wrote. GM is trying to issue recalls as soon as it learns
about an issue rather than waiting for more data, according to Johnson.

“This will increase the frequency of recalls but will reduce the total number of vehicles
recalled,” the analyst wrote.

Meanwhile, Barra is preparing for a return trip to Capitol Hill as an investigation by an
outside attorney into the ignition-switch recall delays nears a close. She told lawmakers on
Wednesday that GM’s plan to compensate victims of small-car crashes could be released at the same
time as the results of the investigation, according to a congressional aide who asked not to be
identified because the meetings were private.

Barra told the lawmakers on Wednesday that GM’s supply of replacement ignition switches probably
won’t catch up to demand until July.

She said that when that happens, GM plans to start a campaign to persuade people to take their
vehicles to dealers for repairs, according to the congressional aide.

Last week, GM admitted to concealing the ignition-switch problems from the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
agreed to pay a $35 million fine, the maximum the agency can impose.